METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING PUMP ENERGY TO AN OPTICAL AMPLIFIER ARRAY IN AN ASYMMETRIC MANNER - Patent 1645019

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EP 1 645 019 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.11.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	12.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/15

(21)	Application number: 04760027.5

(22)	Date of filing: 19.04.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01S 3/00^(1968.09)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/012100

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/095083 (04.11.2004 Gazette 2004/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

17.04.2003 US 417657

(71)	Applicant: Red Sky Systems, Inc.
	So. Plainfield, NJ 07080 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	NAGEL, Johathan, A. Brooklyn, NY 11031 (US) YOUNG, Mark, K. Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 (US) DEVINCENTIS, David, S. Flanders, NJ 07836 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jungblut, Bernhard Jakob et al
	Albrecht, Lüke & Jungblut Patentanwälte Gelfertstrasse 56 D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING PUMP ENERGY TO AN OPTICAL AMPLIFIER ARRAY IN AN ASYMMETRIC MANNER